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THE WORD IS ROCKED TO COME TOGETHER – AGAINST COMPETITON IN ANY FORM FAVORING COOPERATION IN EVERY FORM – THIS ISLAMIC EXTREME THOUGHT FORM – IS FAILING TO WIN HEARTS AND MINDS PERIOD !!!!
THE SHAME OF MISPLACED LEADERSHIP:
The scale of the bloodshed caused by a wave of bombings in the northern Nigerian city of Kano began to emerge on Saturday, after Islamist insurgents laid down their most serious challenge yet to the government of Africa’s most populous nation. At least 120 people were killed in Friday’s blasts and subsequent gun battles between insurgents and security forces, according to the Associated Press, which cited records from the overflowing mortuary at Kano’s main hospital. Many others were injured. The police have only confirmed seven deaths. More On this story Nigerian president yields on fuel subsidy Nigeria braced for more strikes The World Subsidy crisis offers opportunity Paul Collier Tea Party-style folly comes to Nigeria Fuel gamble costs Jonathan his standing On this topic Nigerian unions suspend protests for weekend Nigerian leader in crisis talks on strikes Mosque attacked amid Nigeria fuel strike Editorial Abuja’s fire hazard IN Africa Court allows delay of Kenyan elections Piracy boosts Somalia, says report Rwanda says probe exonerates Kagame Nigerian oil workers threaten to halt output Boko Haram, an armed group whose reach has been is steadily growing beyond its base in the remote northeast, claimed responsibility for the attacks. A series of blasts struck police stations and other administrative offices on Friday, pitching Nigeria’s second-biggest city into chaos. Ancient and sprawling, Kano is a hub for trade, politics and religion in Muslim northern Nigerian and beyond. The latest violence puts fresh pressure on President Goodluck Jonathan’s beleaguered government, which was forced this week to reinstate partially a fuel subsidy following nationwide protests and a general strike that threatened oil production. Local media reported that a 24-hour curfew had been imposed. Such curfews are common in parts of the north, which periodically suffers communal violence, often stoked by politicians. Fearful Kano residents who spoke to the FT said they dared not venture from their homes after hearing the blasts. Audu Grema, a development expert who lives in Kano, told the Financial Times shortly after the attacks on Friday: “It is all chaos. They attacked police formations and the immigration passport control office. At least six to 10 bombs went off. No one knows the number killed.” Channels TV, a Nigerian station, was quoted saying its Kano correspondent had been killed in the attacks. Boko Haram, whose name in the Hausa language loosely means “western education is forbidden”, advocates the imposition of sharia, or strict Islamic law, across Nigeria, a country comprising more than 200 ethnic groups broadly divided into a predominantly Muslim north and a mainly Christian and animist south. They have stepped up attacks on government and Christian targets since Christmas, when at least 37 people were killed in an attack on a Catholic church. The increasing sophistication and co-ordination of their campaign since UN headquarters in the capital were targeted last August have fuelled concerns that militants from Boko Haram are receiving training and financing from global jihadist networks, including al-Qaeda. Mr Jonathan gave warning recently that his government and security forces had been infiltrated by the sect. The attacks appear designed to sharpen ethnic and religious divisions, which parts of Nigeria’s ruling class have long manipulated to their own ends. Jean Ping, the African Union’s top diplomat, condemned Friday’s bombings “in the strongest possible terms”. William Hague, the UK foreign secretary, said that “the nature of these attacks has sickened people across the world”. He added: “These events underline the importance of the international community standing together in the face of terrorism in all its forms.” Home to sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest oil and gas industry, Nigeria is a key energy supplier to the US and Europe. The worsening security situation was highlighted further on Saturday in an unrelated car- bombing in Mr Jonathan’s volatile home state of Bayelsa in the southern Niger delta oil province, where local elections are due shortly.
We chose such violence is a SIN against the sacred holy KORAN !
Berny Dohrmann – studying the Koran again as a blessing…..
